New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
... eating disorder services, a major challenge is to make treatment more accessible. Now, computer-based packages such as this are helping to bridge the treatment gap. The shame and secretiveness surrounding bulimia makes computer-based treatment particularly appealing to sufferers. Other key advantages o...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
... funded by AstraZeneca. "Many children with asthma make repeated trips to the emergency room or are hospitalized because of worsening symptoms," said Dr. Albert Sheffer, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director Emeritus at the Allergy Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Bosto...Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors
...nd patient survival. Such a model could be used to make recipient-specific organ allocation decisions at the time of graft procurement."...Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
...edical devices, including cochlear implants, could make it a valuable resource, according to an article in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery , one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Although cochlear implants (medical devices that bypass damaged structures in the inner ear an...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
...ature is great, but not perfect. Sometimes, we can make it even better for the benefit of our patients." Other goals are to design tests to assist in drug development, so researchers can determine which potential drugs will be most beneficial in patients, and to learn if combining radiation therapy with d...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...ers at the federal, state and local levels need to make sure that rural America has the financial and human resources required to achieve an adequate state of readiness; and, Public health and health care leaders in rural areas need to work together to assure that emergency preparedness is achieved in a c...NJIT taps into solar energy to power new campus center
...power 510 houses in one day," or "enough energy to make 500,000 cups of coffee." The monitor also shows that the panels have prevented 68 pounds of nitrogen oxides and 20,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the air. "It's the best solar-electric array I've seen," said Baptiste. "It sho...Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
...ay-old bag of spinach in your refrigerator may not make you as strong as your grandma told you, because, according to Penn State food scientists, spinach stored for a long time loses much of its nutrient content. Luke LaBorde, associate professor of food science, and Srilatha Pandrangi, graduate student,...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...e prevented their use. "We are currently trying to make decoys with higher affinity and specificity for be...he chemistry. Eventually we think we'll be able to make better decoys using molecular design," Good says. Down the line, if the polymers show promise in hum...Diagnostic test for range of blood disorders on the horizon
...est and the scarcity of randomised clinical trials make management of these diseases especially challenging. Tony Green (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK) and colleagues analysed a candidate gene called JAK2 in 140 patients with myeloproliferative disorders from haematological clinics in the ...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...national action, so that each European country can make women's heart health a priority, both in their public policy and clinical practice". Professor Priori continues, "Certainly, the Women at Heart initiative is personally satisfying for me because, as a woman, I feel a moral obligation to advocate for ...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...onships. We need to supply them with the tools to make wise choices." "When spending taxpayer dollars, the federal government has an obligation to provide accurate information to sexually active people," adds Paul Volberding, MD, chair of the HIV Medicine Association Board of Directors. "The evidence sh...Virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk: May encourage high risk sexual behavior
...ng a condom on after getting an infection does not make the infection go away," said Brckner. Pledging may lead some young adults to engage in alternative sexual behaviors in order to preserve their virginity. Among virgins--those who have not had vaginal intercourse--male pledgers are four times more lik...Employees with diabetes are not more tired
... complaints probably find that flexible conditions make it easier for them to combine their disease and work....Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
...and take its pulse. The medical research team will make the first ever measurements of blood oxygen in the 'death zone', at altitudes above 8,000 metres where the human body has struggled - and frequently failed - to survive. The Centre for Aviation, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE) team, ba...Liverpool to lead 20M Department of Health initiative to develop medicines for children
...id: "This national initiative has the potential to make a real difference for children, parents and prescribers by making sure that existing and new medicines are tailored to the needs of children. Children have the right to the same standards of medicine as adults and this strategy is another step toward...Explosion of child obesity predicted to shorten us life expectancy
...litical leadership at all levels of government, to make clear that public health has to come before private profit," he says. "This means a fundamental shift in the social environment that will support healthful eating and an active lifestyle. While the campaign must be led by government, it will require ...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
...The researchers found that when the healthy people make these types of detections and decisions, they activate frontal and mid-brain regions. Chronic schizophrenia patients showed a significant drop in activation of these regions, "thus it appears that they fail to engage these frontal regions," said Belg...Disfigured patients may be forced to forego surgery
...stic surgery procedures. Going forward, we want to make sure that reconstructive surgery continues to be c...econstruction techniques, which forces patients to make healthcare decisions based on their ability to afford them. Historically, when insurance companies h...Aspirin's potential ability to prevent colon polyps may not apply equally to all
...efits, which will require larger studies, we can't make any definitive recommendations about preventive aspirin therapy." Chan is an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The Nurses' Health Study (NHS) was initiated in 1976 at BWH and is the longest-running, major women's health study ever un...